Quotes about People
Never let loyalty and kindness leave you! Tie them around your neck as a reminder. Write them deep within your heart. Then you will find favor with both God and people, and you will earn a good reputation. (vv. 3 — 4 NLT)
— Lysa TerKeurst
Love of music, of sunsets and sea; a liking for the same kind of people; political opinions that are not radically divergent; a similar stance as we look at the stars and think of the marvelous strangeness of the universe - these are what build a marriage. And it is never to be taken for granted.
— Madeleine L'Engle
The prophets' task is to tell their own people what God intends to do with them, not to think about what people in hundreds of years' time may need to hear, though the preserving of their prophecies implies the conviction that they have ongoing significance.
— John Goldingay
He is on a mission to rescue a people who are so utterly deceived most of them don't even want to be rescued.
— John Eldredge
Far and above the most revealing aspect of anyone's character is how one handles people. How is Jesus with people? He welcomes intrusion. He stops what he's doing and gives undivided attention. He's such an immensely gracious person.
— John Eldredge
The best leaders are humble enough to realise their victories depend upon their people.
— John Maxwell
A faith that is afraid of other people is no faith at all.
— Thomas Merton
We must have faith in the people of this country and faith in our principles.
— Ronald Reagan
The story of the Bible isn't primarily about the desire of people to be with God; it's the desire of God to be with people.
— John Ortberg
I really only love God as much as I love the person I love the least. DOROTHY DAY You can safely assume you've created God in your own image when it turns out that God hates all the same people you do. ANNE LAMOTT
— John Ortberg
The kind of assignments God gives in the Bible are always God-sized. They are always beyond what people can do, because he wants to demonstrate his nature, his strength, his provision, and his kindness to his people and to a watching world. This is the only way the world will come to know him.
— John Ortberg
When you heart is ablaze with the love of God, when you love other people - especially the ripsnorting sinners - so much that you dare to tell them about Jesus with no apologies, then never fear, there will be results.
— Catherine Marshall